Autograph Document Signed

Just as in the U.S. a one-dollar bill may be refered to as a "greenback," "buck," "clam" or other synonyms, in England a bank note used to be called "an Abraham Newland" -- for this British banker and investor personified money as Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1782-1807) and his facsimile signature had to appear on every bona fide bank note; amazing that he sired twenty-five children over the course of two wives since he slept in the Bank of England for 25 years instead of at his own nearby home! ADS, 1p, 6½" X 3¼", n.p., 21 March 1760. Very good. Faintly age toned. Boldly penned at center is "Recd 21 Mar 1760 the Contents" in brown ink and Newland's signature apparently as a witness at lower left, along with that of one John Barber. Below Newland's statement appears the signature of "Jas Wallace Aty" -- possibly but not definitively attorney James Wallace (1729-83), a Member of Parliament appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales in 1778 and Attorney General in 1780. Verso bears partial printed lines ("October 1759, as by a Talley bearing Date the same Day appears, And these, together with his or her Assigns Acquittance, shall be your Discharge herein") and three holograph lines penned in another hand -- all of which suggests the Newland document pertains to resolution of a debt. Interesting and unusual!